Chris F Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 http://www.beyondunreal.com/daedalus/singl...ost.php?id=4857 Woohoo! Demo details available here: http://www.gamespy.com/articles/february04/ut2004demo/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooter Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 w00t! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnemaEms Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 The word on the street is, "Kelley is all over this new demo!" -Dean- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris F Posted February 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Its out! Obligatory FileShack mirror here: http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=4558 More Mirrors here: http://files.filefront.com/2116558 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooter Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Downloading from Fileplanet as we speak. Almost 400 Kbps, too. w00t! :lmfao: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 I'm amazed that the Mac version came out today as well. I'll download it and try it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskers Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 Joel.... Isn't fileplanet a pay-to-download site? Do you feel it's worth the cost? I must admit, 400kp/s sounds appealing....I'm downloading UT2004 right now, and the max I'm getting is 160. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 You don't have to pay; they have free servers as well. Its just that you normally have to wait in a line to get the thing to download. There are bit-torrents out there for this anyway, if you want it fast and free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooter Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 Originally posted by Whiskers@Feb 12 2004, 06:54 AM Joel.... Isn't fileplanet a pay-to-download site? Do you feel it's worth the cost? I must admit, 400kp/s sounds appealing....I'm downloading UT2004 right now, and the max I'm getting is 160. Yeah, I pay $7 per month, and generally feel like I get my money's worth. Some months I don't use it much, but when something like UT2K4 rolls around, it pays for itself in convenience. It's nice to be able to sit down, click the download link, and have the demo 10 minutes later. No hunting around, no waiting in line, no hours+ download times... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camp Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 I paid to subscribe to GameSpot's site. For $20 per year you get full access to their news and articles plus the added bonus of a full fledged download site. I don't think they have quite as many files as some other sites but they do have a lot. And 400kbps is a slow to average download in my experience with Gamespot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooter Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 And 400kbps is a slow to average download in my experience with Gamespot. Interesting. You must have a phat pipe, or mine sucks, because 400kbps is about the top end I've ever seen on my system, regardless of who I'm d'ling from... :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camp Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 It's a 2mbps connection. Still, in normal web browsing I don't see much difference between it & my previous connection speed (~380kpbs). I think Gamespot's download manager just does a better job of taking advantage of my connection's extra headroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris F Posted February 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 Oh man, I LOVED the demo of UT2K4. Of course, I loved 2K3 as well, but the fact that Assault is back, and the fact that the Onslaught mode kicks major ass means I'll be buying this game for sure! The Assault map included, I forget the name, requires one team to get across a convoy of moving vehicles by triggering cranes, bays and doors. The convoy is moving, and you jump from vehicle to vehicle, shooting and dodging. It's an impressive thing to see and play at the very least. Onslaught seems like a great gametype. It includes vehicles and capture points. It requres a lot of teamwork, which will be great with the built in VOIP support in the game. I'll try and get some screen grabs up tonight after I get home from work. The high res textures are disabled for the demo, but even with normal textures the game looked great. Not much of an upgrade from 2K3, but the level designs seemed VERY nice. Maybe we can get an LCVG game going some night this weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcalx Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 I'd be up for that, Chris. Built-in VOIP? Sweet! I'll have to download it first, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camp Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 Wow...I was skeptical going in but this is pretty good. Unlike UT 2003, this version is actually fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 this version is actually fun Onslaught is REALLY damn fun. I love the vehicles too. They are damn easy to control and are really cool to fly around in (the little hover jet pod that stays close to the ground is freaking great to have joust matches in ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain rising Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 Ugh. All these first impressions of how it's good make me wish my computer could run it at any decent display settings (UT2k3 was pretty much unplayable.) Or maybe I should really say I wish I could afford to upgrade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrish Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 I was a little disappointed with Onslaught - the vehicles just don't compare well next to BF1942 or even Tribes 2. I'll have to play around a bit more with the demo, but I'm not sure whether it's a buy yet. I loved the original UT, but UT2003 was a little too much like Q3 for me (too twitchy, not enough team communication, etc.) Craziest new feature: text-to-speech for game chatter. There's something rather disturbing about hearing the racist, homophobic slurs aloud in a monotone rather than ignoring the text on-screen. But at least there seems to be a pretty developed interface for muting folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 Guess what....I downloaded the demo. Guess what else, I didn't totally hate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 Originally posted by gigapower@Feb 16 2004, 05:14 PM Guess what....I downloaded the demo. Guess what else, I didn't totally hate it. Get to the hospital now, Kelley. There has got to be something wrong with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 Scott, maybe i'm turning over a new leaf or maybe its just that it was free and i wanted something to stress my G5. if anyone wants to play, i'd be up for it. Also is the VoIP support broken in the PC version of the demo also? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 I'm up for some games, maybe we can get a group together for it. I haven't tried the VoIP myself yet, but I've heard plenty of folks talking on the other end. I'll try my SOCOM headset a little later and let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted February 17, 2004 Report Share Posted February 17, 2004 Well, I actually tried this last night, and guess what? It doesn't totally fail to run on my machine. Its actually quite playable with all the detail right down at 800x600. Serves me right; every time I consider upgrading the PC I buy a console instead, as its cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcalx Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 I was at an all-day LAN yesterday where we played mostly this demo. I love the Assault mode. We didn't really play much else. I didn't get there in time to try out Onslaught much, but it reminded me of Battlefield 1942 in a very cool setting. I played very little UT2K3 but I could see myself spending quite a bit of time with this one given the right crowd. Couple that with the EB Games deal I mentioned in a previous Game Deals thread (basically get the game for $9.99 or free depending on if you want to trade in some games) and I'll certain have the full version of this one. Now all I need is a gaming headset with a mic and I'm all set. I could just buy the special edition of the game that comes with a headset and a bonus DVD, but I can't get that one for $9.99 as far as I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashingblue Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 I've been playing quite a bit of this game as well and will probably be buying it when it's released. I'm not very good at FPS's, but this one is pretty fun in onslaught mode, as it allows anyone to contribute something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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